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Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan received a warm welcome in Scotland last night when he delivered the biennial Jean Clark lecture at the University of Dundee and reflected on the role of the judiciary in a modern democracy.

A new full service law firm has opened its doors in Galway through a recently-formed partnership between Ciara O’Callaghan and Sharon Lally.

The Rubik’s Cube shape is not an EU trademark and its non-visible functional elements including its rotating ability should have been considered when it was registered, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. At the request of Seven Towers, a UK company which manages, inter al

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden today remembered prison officers who have lost their lives in the course of duty at the Northern Ireland Prison Service's (NIPS) annual memorial service.

Pupils at Dalriada School are competing in the Bar Mock Trial World Championships in New York following their success in the Northern Ireland heat in November 2015 and UK Final triumph in April.

Sitting as a Coroner at the inquest into the death of a 22-year-old man in 1992, Mr Justice Horner said it was impossible with the passage to time to say with any certainty what happened. In his judgment, the Coroner criticised the PSNI for creating obstacles and difficulties that prevented progress

The Courts Service of Ireland has said courts will be making their own arrangements to ensure repossession cases can proceed in spite of protests, The Irish Times reports. Limerick Circuit Court revealed it has stopped publishing the dates on which home repossession hearings will be heard in order t

Nearly half of Irish prisoners released in 2010 reoffended within three years, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal. However, the figures showed a slight decline on the previous year. The rate of or recidivism for prisoners released in 2010 was 45.1 per cent, a decrease of 2.4

Michael O'Flaherty, FRA director The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said EU rules essential to build trust in the EU’s area of justice are seldom invoked, potentially hindering the fair treatment of people involved in criminal proceedings.

Pictured (l-r): Patrick Brown, Ray Foran and James Donnelly The managing partner of Belfast firm Tughans met Northern Ireland's new air ambulance as it touched down near the Titanic Centre.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has defended the Northern Ireland Executive's record on tackling paramilitary activity.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the annual report for 2015 on the operation of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003.

Irish technology companies raised a record €734 million in the first nine months of 2016, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association's (IVCA) VenturePulse survey published in association with William Fry. In the nine months to end September 2016, the total raised was 77 per cent ahead of t

A former barrister who suffered a brain injury after routine surgery has won a €7.1 million settlement in the High Court. Frank Cowan, who practised as a barrister until 2008, failed to initially regain consciousness after being given anaesthetic for a routine back procedure and successfully sued

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have called for the release of 20-year-old Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa from detention in Egypt at a demonstration on the steps of Stormont. MLAs joined Mr Halawa’s sister Khadija Halawa and representatives of Amnesty International at the demonstration on T